Apple officially has more cash than US Government. We’re Doomed
Saturday, 30th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture, Technology
Tags: apple, boehner, cash, debt, debt ceiling, government, money
Written by: R Bryant Francis
In the midst of the “debt ceiling crisis” (AKA, massively overblown, overhyped media sensationalism that I guaruntee you will be solved by Monday), a startling revelation has come to light: Apple officially has more cash on hand than the US government.
In the midst of the debt reports Keep Reading
JLo Reportedly Reunites with P Diddy, Awesome
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: Jennifer Lopez, JLo, Marc Anthony, Puff Daddy
Written by: Jeff N
Just because you’re gonna hear about it sooner or later…if you haven’t heard about it already…which you have to have….if only just because people won’t shut up about it…
The newest rumor in the hip hop R&B whatever world is that P Diddy and that old broad he used to date way back when are back together again. That’s right, after much-publicized break-up with Marc Anthony, J Lo is back in the arms of P Diddy. Supposedly. I can’t be the last one left on the planet who doesn’t Keep Reading
Blaming Shootings on Video Games is….Racist?
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture
Tags: blame, columbine, innercity, norway, oslo, racist, rampage, suburb, videogames
Written by: R Bryant Francis
We’ve asked some hard questions about the shootings in Oslo.
Apparently, according to clinical psychologist Christopher Ferguson, we weren’t asking the right ones. The real one we should be asking is apparently “is blaming the shooting on video games racist?” Keep Reading
International Space Station—to be sent into the Pacific Ocean?! WHAT?!
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: core, federation, International, International Space Station, ISS, mad, portal 2, spaaaaaace, space, space core, star trek, station
Written by: R Bryant Francis
SPAAAAAAACE!!!
Nintendo Characters Re-enact ‘The Godfather’
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Gaming, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: angry birds, halo, Mario, Mega Man, nintendo, Samus, The Game Station
Written by: Jeff N
I don’t know why no one ever thought of this before…
But kudos to The Game Station, a comedy team/gaming website, for parodying The Godfather with video game characters. In other words, you’ve got Mario playing the Marlon Brando role, and various classic characters like Mega Man, Solid Snake, characters from Halo and others representing the heads of the various families. Keep Reading
EA CEO: Console Cycle as We Know it is Dead?
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: console, ea, gaming, news
Written by: R Bryant Francis
According to EA CEO John Riccitiello, the gaming development cycle has drastically changed. Speaking on a conference call with the always-eloquent folks at Gamasutra, Riccitiello spoke of the industry changes that his company’s had to deal with, and one of his points stands out above the rest. Keep Reading
Soulja Boy’s 21st Birthday: Don’t Hate!
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: Soulja Boy, Tellem
Written by: Jeff N
In the ‘lucky bastard’ category of rich and famous news this week, Soulja Boy reportedly celebrated his 21st birthday by spending $35 million on a private jet.
Since when does a jet cost $35 million, especially if it can’t break the sonic barrier? Well this was merely Keep Reading
Go HARD: Outrun ZOMBIES in 5K Marathon
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat, Pop Culture
Tags: 5k, baltimore, dead, dead rising, marathon, obstacles, running, undead, zombies
Written by: R Bryant Francis
I swear to god this is the greatest thing to ever come out of the city of Baltimore. You know. Besides “The Wire.”
Are you bored of just normal 5K marathons? Tired of being just an average superhuman who can run long distances? Maybe you need a little challenge…like, for instance, an army of the living dead hunting you down as you marathon. Keep Reading
Def Jam’s DJ Rapstar Video Game: What Happened?
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Gaming, NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: Def Jam DJ RapStar
Written by: Jeff N
More and more people are saying it’s unlikely there will be a Def Jam DJ Rapstar 2, and perhaps that’s mostly because the first edition, well, kind of sucked (although there were still some very favorable reviews).
Crummy games are made day in and day out, but the game’s less-than-thrilled reception left many hip hop fans to wonder where Keep Reading
More Video Games. More (Semi) Naked Girls. What Else Do You Want?!
Friday, 29th July 2011Posted in Gaming
Tags: naked girls, video games
Written by: Jeff N
Here. Have a few pics of strategically-placed video game/computer equipment, adorning the naked bodies of several girls. You’re welcome. I guess these pics are hardly new, but while we’re waiting for the next gaming girls calendar to come out Keep Reading
Random Encounters shocks your eyeballs, soothes your ears, makes you laugh
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Offbeat
Tags: encounters, ganondorf, needlemouse, Random, random encounters, singachu
Written by: R Bryant Francis
Before we begin ladies and gentlemen, I must apologize. For I am about to show you a man dressed as a Pikachu.
Meet the gang from Random Encounters, consisting of AJ Pinkerton, Peter Srinivasan and their crazy friends. What they do probably wouldn’t be considered especially hard. They make music, they put together some costumes. What comes out though is sheer 100% LOL-grade insanity. Keep Reading
Obama IS a troll! Or, at least, whoever runs @whitehouse
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Offbeat
Tags: house, Obama, rick, rickroll, roll, troll, white, white house
Written by: R Bryant Francis
HA! Called it! Someone at the White House HAS spent time on 4Chan. (five years ago, maybe). Gizmodo’s reporting possibly the greatest response anyone’s ever had to calling politics ‘boring.’ When @wiggsd complained “This WH correspondence briefing isn’t nearly as entertaining as yesterday’s,” on twitter, someone at the White House got cheeky and did the only thing they could do. They sent him the following video. Keep Reading
Sorry Gizmodo, The Internet Did Not Lie to Us
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture, Technology
Tags: charge, content, Freddie, Freddie Wong, Freddiew, Gizmodo, Guild, internet, Men, Mercury, Mercury Men, pay, The Guild, Wong
Written by: R Bryant Francis
FREE. FOREVER
By R. Bryant Francis
Brian Barrett over at Gizmodo wrote a post talking about the nature of “free” content on the internet, and how we should get used to the notion of subscribing and paying for things like the New York Times, TV Shows, and other things we’re used to getting for either free or with the basic cover charge that is internet access. I recommend you read it, mainly for his argument that the internet as we knew it Keep Reading
Shyne Gives Up Cursing/Women, Teams With Matisyahu
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, NERDCORE
Tags: Chasidism, Judaism, Matishyahu, Shyne
Written by: Jeff N
According to The Jewish Chronicle, Rapper Shyne has reportedly given up curse words, as well as women, in his reggae-flavored hip-hop songs.
If you hadn’t heard, Shyne recently converted to Chasidism, a sect of Judaism, in effort to get in touch (obviously) with his more spiritual side. Shyne even relocated to Israel recently and made an effort to reach out to famed rapper/DJ Matisyahu, also a devout follower of the religion.
In case you’ve forgotten, back in 1998, the young blood was poised to make a big splash in hip-hop when a then P Diddy (or was it Puff Daddy back then?) became his mentor. While living it up at a Manhattan nightclub, there was , in Shyne’s own words,”a terrible mistake I made when I was young” when he fired off a handgun, and injured three people. His punishment: 10 years in prison. He was released in 2009.
For the past 9 months, Shyne has been living in Jerusalem and studying his religion 12 hours a day. His plan is now to release a double album and follow it up with a world tour. Hey, good for him for setting himself straight. Sounds like a hell of a commitment, but with Matisyahu as his new P Diddy, at least he has the support he needs.
DC Reboots Its Entire Comic Book Catalog…Say Wha?!
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Pop Culture
Tags: 52, batman, Catwoman, DC Comics, Green lantern, Supergirl, Superman
Written by: Jeff N
Yeah you heard right. DC Comics is re-booting all their 52 comic franchises. Perhaps this is a good thing, as it does seem lately that most people attend Comic-Con to see what movies are being made out of comic books, instead of what new comics are out. For a close-up at new conceptual art for em all, go here.
But with Green Lantern‘s relative box-office disappointment, despite intense hype at last year’s Comic-Con, the comic company has apparently turned back Keep Reading
50 Cent is Turning “The 50th Law” Into a Comic Book
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive
Tags: 50 Cent, Comic Book, Machiavelli, Robert Greene, The 50th Law
Written by: Jeff N
In one of the more out-of-left-field recent announcements from the hip hop world, 50 Cent announced this week that he will be turning his ‘self-help’ book The 50th Law into a comic book. (Isn’t the idea of 50 Cent writing a self-help book alone enough to make you want to buy it?! )I guess if it’ll help turn some young bloods into budding entrepreneurs, then have at it I guess.
Co-authored by Robert Greene, the guy who helped write the original novel, which tells in 10 successive chapters, how to confront and conquer fear. Robert Greene was a noted strategist in the self-help world and recognized 50 Cent for his Machiavellian-like persona, i.e. someone who emerges in a time of chaos and helps establish a new order (though I wonder what rapper Machiavelli would have to say to that). Though few pages of the actual comic book are out, it looks like anything but a rush job. The 50th Law remained atop the New York Times bestseller list or a long time, and the hopes for this one are big — whether it lives up to the hype is another story. We’ll keep ya posted.
What if The World Used Solar Power?
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Technology
Tags: money, solar, solar power, technology
Written by: Paul Nyhart
So what if the World used solar power? First, the gas/oil companies would all but sh!t themselves, causing a dramatic decrease in US support from the middle east, but almost as importingly, a huge decrease in the number of people paying millions to write their name in the sand. Keep Reading
Jace Hall is ‘The Talking Toaster’
Thursday, 28th July 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: fallout dlc, Jace Hall, old world blues, talking toaster
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Jace Hall is featured as a talking toaster in the latest patch Fallout: New Vegas. The segment originally aired on the season 4 finale of The Jace Hall Show, with many fans originally thinking that it was a joke (in some ways it was).
This isn’t the first time that a scene within the Jace Hall Show has turned into a real life video game experience. Epic gamer Ice-T turned his Jace Hall Show performance into a character on Gears of War 3 and now performing one of the main songs on the soundtrack.
Rihanna Closes Out Loud Tour With New Single Release…and Semi-Lewd Picture
Wednesday, 27th July 2011Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: Cheers, lewd, Loud, Rihanna, single
Written by: Jeff N
Rihanna officially closed out her Loud tour with a new single from the album, “Cheers”. Posing in that sultry-yet-carefree way that only Rihanna can, the new EP is subtitled “Drink to That,” (which we proved in our last article covering the neo queen of soul, she’s more than apt at doing) and features Rihanna taking in the sun from a classic convertible and just kinda looking hot as always.
Tweeting to her fans, Rihanna let out an official ‘cheers’, also a sort of official celebration after the recent successful North American leg of her Loud tour: “N.America was phenomenal!!! Truly an unforgettable experience! Never felt this close to you…thank you lovers! #RihannaNavy.”
The new single is supposed to hit heavy rotation on radio air waves beginning August 2nd. Well, that’s a bit of a long wait. In the meantime, how about you tide yourself over with a pic:
MC Chris Readies the Countdown to “Race Wars”
Wednesday, 27th July 2011Posted in NERDCORE, Pop Culture
Tags: mc chris, nerdcore, Race Wars, Twin Peaks
Written by: Jeff N
The best part of MC Chris’ music might be his lyrics, which almost every guy can relate to — at least at some point in his life: Keep Reading
SEASON 5 IS COMING…
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